Obituaries

Thomas J. Supka

Thomas J. Supka, 88, of 3 Clarendon St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Thorndike on July 1, 1913, son of Martin and Katherine Drzal Supka, he moved to Pittsfield in 1918 and...

Raymond Callahan

Raymond F. Callahan Sr., 84, formerly of 93 Edward Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident at Providence Care Center in Lenox for a year. Born in...

James W. Collins

James W. Collins, 77, of 82 McArthur St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Worcester on July 16, 1923, son of James A. and Helen Coonan Collins, he attended schools there and was...

Donald Cullen Jr.

Donald F. Cullen Jr., 57, of 18 Depot St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1943, son of Donald F. Cullen Sr. and Katherine Maloney Cullen, he was a 1961 graduate of Pittsfield...

Thomas G. Simken

Thomas G. Simken, 83, of 11 Edgewood Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 14, 1918, son of George T. and Barbara Darms Simken, he was a...

Sandra A. Koning

Sandra A. Koning, 58, of Wilmington died of cancer Tuesday at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was the sister of Barbara Stringer of Pittsfield. Born in Carlisle on Jan. 27, 1943, daughter of...

Richard Kitterman

Richard J. Kitterman, 49, of 99 Second St. died June 17 at Berkshire Medical Center of heart failure. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1951, son of Juanita Silvano Kitterman and the late Roy J....

Rachel Douglas

Rachel Douglas, 94, of 89 South St. died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 1906, daughter of George A. and Rachel R. Hayden Stevens, she graduated from White Memorial...

Gracia M. Brown

Gracia M. Brown, 82, of The Woodner, 3636 16th Street NW., Washington, D.C., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at the home of a nephew in South Hadley. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1918,...

Bernice Ericson

Bernice M. Ericson, 87, formerly of 359 Crane Ave., died Tuesday at home at 24770 Lyonia Lane, Bonita Springs, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on May 21, 1914, daughter of John and Martha Hillmer Bence,...

Doris M. Dixon

Doris M. Dixon, 87, of 244 East Windsor Road died Wednesday morning at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on Nov. 26, 1913, daughter of Walter A. and...

Janet L. Acorn

Janet L. Acorn, 78, of 140 Melbourne Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Springfield on Feb. 8, 1923, daughter of Paul and Catherine MacLaren Langlois, she was a graduate of Classical...

Josephine Mauro

Josephine Mauro, 85, formerly of Churchill Crest, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Dalton on Aug. 30, 1915, daughter of Caesar and Giovina Palma Contenta, she graduated from the former...

Frank J. Zak

Frank J. Zak, 89, of 29 Union St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Sunderland on Jan. 8, 1912, son of John and Mary Swaluk Zak, he attended schools there and...

Thomas J. Wright

Thomas J. Wright, 82, of 50 Westminster St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 19, 1918, son of Thomas S. and Nellie Brown Wright, he was a 1937 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Sherry S. Lobel

Sherry S. Lobel, 82, of 235 Walker St., formerly of New York City, died yesterday at Kimball Farms Lifecare in Lenox. Born in New York City on June 5, 1919, daughter of Mano and Henriette Nussbaum...

Richard J. Corseri

Richard J. Corseri, 79, of 40 Cecelia Terrace died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 31, 1921, son of Vincenzo and Guiseppena Cuva Corseri, he graduated from the...

Thomas J. Henry

Thomas J. Henry, 79, of Milton died Monday at home after a short illness. He was the father of Thomas J. Henry of Pittsfield. Born in Boston on Jan 25, 1922, son of Thomas J. and Ellen Leonard...

Rev. Rinaldo A. Ribezzi

The Rev. Rinaldo A. Ribezzi, 86, of the Stigmatine Congregation died Sunday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, where he resided since 1998. Born in Udine, Italy, on Feb. 18, 1915, son of...

Harold Pierce Jr.

Harold C. Pierce Jr., 82, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Philadelphia on March 29, 1919, son of Harold and Lillian Peirce Pierce, he was a 1937...

Edward J. Spiewak

Edward J. Spiewak, 89, of 22 Essex St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1911, son of Joseph and Katherine Koneve Spiewak, he graduated from...

Janet S. Herrick

Janet S. Herrick, 88, formerly of 293 High St., died Sunday at Craneville Place. Born in Dalton on Feb. 27, 1913, daughter of Roswell W. Smith Sr. and Ida Gardner Smith, she was a graduate of the...

Carol A. Supinski

Carol A. Supinski, 64, of South Hadley died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was the mother of Cheryl A. Beattie of Lenox. Born in Holyoke on April 21, 1937, daughter of Frank Powers and...

Anthony Adorno

Anthony "Bill" Adorno, 32, of Stuart, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home of complications from multiple sclerosis. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1968, son of Marcelino "Mike" and...

Harriet F. Dymek

Harriet F. Marshall Dymek, 86, formerly of Riverwest Apartments, died Friday morning at the Center for Optimum Care-Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Oct. 24, 1914, daughter of John B. and...